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Meanings of downfall in English

Catalan
caiguda
Spanish
ruina

Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.

caiguda
Portuguese
perda
Catalan
ruïna
Spanish
ruina

A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.

perda
Portuguese
precipitação
Catalan
precipitació
Spanish
precipitación

The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

precipitação
Usage of downfall in English
1
However, the architects of state capture have also crafted their own downfall.
The South African
2
The downfall of two peoples follows in the train of personal calamity.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
3
The downfall of popery in these lands would then have been inevitable.
The History of the Thirty Years' War
4
He'd started this chain of events that had led to Isabelle's downfall.
Taken by sin
5
Like the Church, the municipalities survived the downfall of the Roman empire.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
6
The death of Khu-marawaih was the virtual downfall of the Tulunid dynasty.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (o...
7
Ten years after her downfall, how are we to consider Margaret Thatcher?
The Irish Times
8
But only temporary downfall: Tapie again served as club chairman in 2001.
The Guardian
9
The Forbes story on Ismaik's success may have contributed to his downfall.
Reuters
10
And her first task would be to bring about her lover's downfall.
Taken by sin
11
They'd print my downfall in blacker lines than the declaration of war.
The Kingdom of the Blind
12
Does Hastings ever regret that his article led to the general's downfall?
The Guardian
13
The Presbyterians of Scotland attributed to him the downfall of their Church.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
14
Well performed, its results brought the downfall of British supremacy in America.
The Story of Commodore John Barry
15
The friends of an insolently prosperous man are rejoiced in his downfall.
The Mystery of Orcival
16
Make no mistake, though: Gigabyte is the architect of his own downfall.
The South African
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